Headache-hanger.



E. H. WEHLE.

HEADACHE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. 1918.

1 ,285, 5 l O. Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

.mvENfoR WITNESSES ATTORNEY EDWARD I-I. WEHLIEL OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

HEADACHE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Application filed January 19, 1918. Scria1No.212,674.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, EDWARD H. WEHLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements inHeadache-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to medical appliances and it has particularreference to appliances for the treatment and relief of conditions dueto congestion of the brain such as headaches, dizziness, drowsiness andin fact any condition due to high blood pressure in the arterial andvenous system of the brain and medulla including that of the spinalcord.

The invention has for its object to produce a simple, inexpensive andefficient device of improved construction which may be safely used forhome treatment as well as in the hands of a medical practitioner.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and improveddevice of the character set forth which in many cases may be easily andsafely used by the patient without the assistance of others.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the 'dev1ce.

Fig. 2 isa sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the device.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the ,drawings are denotedby like characters of reference.

A supporting bar 15 which is preferably of slightly arcuate form isprovided at the ends thereof with slits or notches 16. C designates aharness consisting of a band of flexible, preferably textile, material,said band having a relatively wide portion 17 which will be regarded asthe front portion thereof. The band is doubled upon itself to form twoloops 18, the bights of which are inserted in the notches 16 of thesupporting bar, said notches being obstructed at or near their outerends by obstructing members 19 which will prevent accidental engagementof the loops from the notches but will not prevent movement of the vbandforming the loops transversely with respect to the supporting bar. Inother words, the band may be so adjusted as to make the front and rearportions equal or unequal as may be desired. Each of the loops 18 issurrounded by a sleeve or ring 20 which may also be made of textilematerial. It has already been stated that the wide portion 17 of theband C is regarded as constituting the top portion thereof; thediametrically opposite portion 21 thus becomes the rear portion.

Connected with the top of the supporting bar 15 about midway between theends thereof is one end of a chain 22, the other end of which isequipped with a hook 23. The chain 22 is trained over a pulley 24Ljournaled in a block or casing 25 having a ring 26 whereby it may besuspended in any convenient position for operation; for instance on thetop hinge of a door or on a stout nail or hook provided for the purpose.

In the operation of this device the patient is seated in an erectposture in an ordinary chair directly beneath the apparatus which latteris now adjusted to the proper height by holding the front and rearportions of the band C level with the chain and then securing thesuspending bar by engagingthe hook 23 at the end of the chain, afterdrawing the latter taut, between two links of the chain. The sleeves 20are now pushed upward until the front and rear portions of the band Cmay be conveniently passed over the head of the patient, the wide frontportion 17 being adjusted under the jaw bone, and the narrow rearportion being so placed that it will rest on the occipital bone of theskull or at the junction of the head and neck. The sleeves 20 are nowmoved downward so as to retain the band in adjusted position without,however, impeding the circulation. The patient will then permit his armsto hang loosely and relax his entire body permitting it to sag or slidedown in the chair sufliciently to cause the band to exert considerablepressure on the parts engaged thereby but not enough to cause pain orinconvenience. This posture may be maintained for a period of one-halfminute to five minutes according to the comfort of the patient, and thetreatment may be repeated at intervals of ten to fifteen minutes.

By thepressur'e applied in the manner de promptly relieved.

The improved device, as will be seen, is of extremely simpleconstruction and of such a nature that it may be readily adjusted to fitanyperson. The use thereof is also entirely safe.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, a supporting bar, suspendingmeans for said bar, and a head harness carried by the bar, said headharness comprising a chin strap and a back head strap, said straps beingconnected together and the bights formed by the con nections betweensaid straps being slidably engaged with the bar, and sleeves slidable onsaid straps toward and from said bar to ad- 'justably connect saidstraps-together at )ortin bar means forsus endin said bar 1 and aflexible harness con-nectedwith said bar adjacent to the ends thereof,said-harness comprising a relatively wide front portion, a relativelynarrow rear portion, and slidable adjusting sleeves encircling the saidfront and rear portions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD H. WEHLE, M. D.

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Washington, I). O.

